Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1880 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER lf 1880."

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OUR FARM BUDGET.

An Entertaining Collection of Matter on Various Topics From Our Farmer Friends Oar Railway and the Farmer Fall Man. agement of Been Profit of Sheep Raising How to Drive Away llat Agricultural ote, Etc. The Railway and the Farmer. The July number of the Fortnightly Heview contains an extremely thoughtful and well-written article by Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, entitled "The Railroads of the United States: Their Effects on Farming and Production in Tliat Country and in i Great Britain." The proposition which Mr. Atkinson sets out to demonstrate is, that the great changes in methods and products Of the farm which have been brought about in the Eastern Vnited States by the coastruction of railways to the West will, in time, through the facilities supplied for cheap steam tran.iortation, extend to England, and that these changes will necessitate a complete change in the system of land tenure at present existing in that country; or, as Mr. Atkinson himself puts it, "that in place of the present division of agricultural produce, or its value, among three classes laborers, tenants and landlords in the proportion of the minimum needed for subsistence to the first, an uncertain, and at present negative quantity to the second, ami a maximum to the third, a new division, of an increased, varied and more valuable product will occur between two classes lalorers and freehold farmers." The changes which have been produced in farming in the Eastern States as the reults of railway facilities with the far "Western States and Territories, have more than once been alluded to in these columns during the discussions which took place in connection with proceedings of the Hepburn Committee. In repk- to the complaints maile in behalf of the New York farmers on the ground of their unfair discrimination in freight rates in favor of the Western States, it was shown that, despite the inability of the former to coiniete with the latter in the staple products of meat and grain, the value of New York farms and farm products had actually increased. "We endeavor to show that the farmers of New York, instead of wasting time and energy in opposing the great changes resulting from cheap trartsiortation and the applica tion of machinery to agriculture on the great virgin plains of tlie West, had better accommodate themselves to the changed condition of things by applying- themselves to the cultivation of the less bulky and . piore perishable products of the farm. The changes resulting- from the same causes in tlie State of Massachusetts are even more marked, yet, there, too, iiave fanning lands and the agricultural products of the State greatly increased in value. Says Mr. Atkinson: "Yet, despite all this giving up of farm land formerly cultivated, and this change of ownership, the more fertile lands of Massachusetts are now worth more, because more productive than they were when we were much more, dejt'ndent upon our own labor for grain and meat of home production than we now are. The aggregate Value of the farm products of Massachusetts increases annually. Between 15 and 1ST.) the cost of moving Western farm products to Massachusetts was reduced in greater ratio than at any previous period, yet the value of the agricultural product of the State was nearly $,000,000 more in the latter than in the former year, notwithstanding the very great reduction in prices which accompanied the appreciation of the paper dollar, from an average discount of 5 per cent, in to only 10 per ocnf: in 175.- There are. within twenty miles of ' Host on, hundreds of acres of land which, half a century since, would of neceity have been : devoted to the pnv duction of grain and potatoes, of whichthe gross product per acre is now worth $000 or $1.000 a year. "It must not be accepted as evidence of the decav of agriculture in the East that the cultivation of the great staple products has .' passe! to the Western farmer.- A mere division of labor lias taken place, and tlie Eastern farmer has applied himself to the cultivation of crops involving less drudgery and labor and of a more remunerative character, by wlüch he is enabled to enjoy more of the comforts and luxuries of life. That the profitableness of Eastern farming ha been trreatlr augmented by the transfer of the production of the great staples of subsist ence to the west is remarKamy luusrrareu in thp rf five Kastm Counties selected bvMr. Atkinson, namely; Lancaster. Pennsyl vania; St. Lawrence, New York; Worcester, Massachusetts; Hartford, Connecticut, and Burlington, New Jersey. - The value of tlie farms in these - five Counties in 1S70 was $1S2.7S.11. and the value of the produce $3S.,s4.240. TheTalueof all the improved lands in the great State of Illinois was only five times as great; the value of all the farm in the great wheat State of Minnesota a little more than, one-half as much; and in the great cotton , State of Mississippi less than one-half." .'. . ' : : - . . ; "The secret," says Mr. Atkinson, "of these changes in the source of our agricultural .supplies is that the railroad has eliminated distance. A barrel of flour and a barrel of pork or its equivalent, constitute the substance of Western farm products needed by each adult in the East," and "the movement of one year's subsistence of grain and meat for an adult workingman a distance of 1,000 miles is Sl.iV Thus "one day's ay places the mechanic of Massachusetts next door to the Western prairies, 1,000 miles away." Fall Management of Hees. "Mr. A, Jj King, editor of the Bee Keejers' Magazine, gives the following timely and sensible advice in the August number of that journal: '.'All successful apiarists know that to winter safely, and have stocks in a condition in spring to avoid 'spring dwind? ling,' preparations to secure these objects must be made during tlie summer and fall. At least three conditions must be complied with to accomplish the desired result. 1. Plenty of good sealed honey stored in the suninier. '2. Plenty of young bees reared in the falL 3. A warm hive which will retain heat, pass off all excess of moisture, and at the same time, except in the far North; permit tlie bees to fly out during the warm days frequently occuring in the latter part of winter and early spring. If these simple requirements are. fuily complied with, we bei ieve that nine-teuths of all the maladies afflicting our bees, and an equal amount of the dismal howling of be men (?) would at Cüccilisappear.. JThis . Jie w Jr.dusj ryr would then assume an aspect at once inviting and lucrative.'! T IT unev i stotqdif-i in- June aid' "July' Ms" t:cker andr contain less acid 'than that .stored" later in the season, and for this reason is a' better winter food than fall honey;, hence, during these months full frames of honey should be removed from" the hives and put away in a dark, dry and airy room for wintering purposes, and their places 1n-the hive be tilled with frames full of comb foundation set in the center of. the hive ;. and if a dearth of honey in the flower occurs, just feed a little syrup from best brown' sugar each evening from the entrance of the hivethua rapid breeilinff will be promoted, and by tlie tima the fall flowers "spread their honey petals to the bees," you will have a perfect host of young. v:gorous workers .to store it away. And as those who are josted know that bees are not inclined to store honey in the boxes in fall, you should "take the hint" by using the extractor and always replacing the empty combs in the enter of the breeding department of the hive, a process which invariably exciUs th b'jes to the most intense activity, and which the "knowing ones" take advantage of, an i in consequence take,

thousands of pounds of Itfmey,' 'while you complainers either suck your lingers, or stand with your hands in your pockets wondering why your bees cluster on the outside of the hive and apear so lazy. When this fall harvest is going on, thequeen will appropriate enough of the space in these center frames of the empty comb to insure a sufficient number of the young "bees to go into winter (marten with. Lastly, extract all the combs containing honey, and no brood to speak of, and et them away for use in early spring, and in their place put the frames full (,l summer-stored honey. Now, with alout six or seven frames in the center of each hive, bring the porous, clopefitting division boards close up. Place a chaff cushion on top of tlie frames about four inches thick. Leave the air-holes in each end of the cap open, contract tlie entrance to about one inch sace, and your liees will pass the severest winters of this latitude on their summer stands and begin breeding rapidly by the middle of March, when your empty combs should be brought into use for tlie queen to fill up with eggs. Feed a little regularly, and by the time the first honey harvest of the spring comes your stocks will Ix; in condition to store it in the little boxes which they will now use freely. Thus by the constant supply of youngbees.thcuseof a good article of honey for winter, the absence of an over supply of moisture in the hive, you have all the conditions to insure success And if you will but follow out our plan given here in a nutshell, yon will succeed nine times out of ten; but if you are too stingy to feed your bees when they need it, too timid to examine into their condition, too lazy or stuoid to post yourself on the correct theory of bees in order to read their condition and know their needs as soon as you see the interior of the hive, or if you are afraid of steady, hard work, and imagine vour bees "will work for nothing and board both themselves and you," then we advise you by all means to quit the business, for vou will only disgrace it and bring unmerited contempt on our little favorites, the bees. We like custom and enjoy the profits arising from a large business, but not well enough to encourage a lot of blockheads to engage in or continue a business for which they were never qualified." Raising Large Crops of Cherries. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman writes: "Having harvested a "large crop of cherries for three or four years from a small orcliard. and this year's produce exceeding that of any former year, I thought some village or city reader of your paper would be glad to hear how it' was brought about. My farm consists of about twentylive feet square on a city lot, and on this piece of ground I have two of the old-fashioned sour cherry trees, which I set out eight or nine years ago. I have kept the ground mellow and wet, spading up the ground for three or four feet from the body of the tree. They grew famously; and, if they had never borne a cherry, I would have leen well paid in having such nice shade trees. But, in the course of two or three years from the setting out, we had a fair crop of cherries, and for three vears past have never had- less than three bushels, this year getting a trifle over five bushels from the two trees, by actual measure. We commenced to pick on June 14 and ended July 7, the trees being so shaded that they did not ripen very evenly.' We had cherries that measured plump two and five-eighths inches in circumference, but only a small proiortion measured so much. "Another peculiarity was that they were never wormy. I do not believe there were a dozen wormy ones in the five bushels. A farmer's wife, who saw tlie trees at their best, declared that she never saw such a sight in her life. The trees are now twentyfive feet high, and one of them, not having l'enYramicd for room, has a spread of alxmt the same diameter. They are not bushes, but good-sized trees. Anyone can get just as good results if he will put a little work on his trees say three or four hours a year to each tree. As soon as the ground gets hard around the trees spade it up. Put your wash-water and other waste water about the trees, so that the ground will not get too dry. and the fruit will be there in

due time to pay a hundred-fold for the labor put upon them. "Another thing is never allow, at any time of year, worms' nests to form in the trees. The way I get rid of worms is as follows: I take a strip of cloth, say an inch wide and and fifteen or eighteen inches long, wind it round one end of a pole, tying it fast, Then, after saturating it with kerosene, I touch a match to it and applvto the nest of worms. By using a small strip the flame is not large enough to do the tree any damage, and tlie worms are so thoroughly destroyed that they do not leave any eggs to appear as worms in the cherries another year. During August and September the worms need looking after, though sometime thev appear in July. Let those who have unproductive trees try hit plan, and see if the fruit does not fob low' Been and Sugar IteAnerien. The Council of Hygiene, of Paris, says La Mature, was recently called upon to pro-nouui-e ujkjii uue a siiiuutr question. There are in Paris, especially in the Thirteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Ward;, dejMts of bee hives, which, of little import ance at the start. li3ve nnally lieeome quue extensive establishments. Certain of these depots contain no less than from 120 to 150 hives. Now, as each hive contains upward of 40,000 workers, there are several millions of lees in each deiot,. At first sight it might seem surprising that a honey-producing industry should be carried on in the heart of a great city, where there are no flowers that the bees can visit to obtain nectar; but on investigation it lias been found that these establishments have either through accident or design (undoubtedly the latter) located themselves in the vicinity of the large sugar refineries. The consequence is that the latter are constantly visited by the bees in immense numlers, to the serious annoyance of the workmen. Inashort space of time the syrup pans are completely filled with bees, and the loss occasioned by this amounts, in one refinery alone, to about $5.000 a year. Various forms of extermination have been devised, but thus far to no purpose. One refiner, M. Sav, destroys tlie insects by means of fly traps placed near the windows. There are about sixty of these traps in his refinery, and the number of bees captured per diem in each one of them amounts to about a Quarter of a bushel. But in spite of all this, the works continue to be infested. The sugar refiners have asked for damages, but at present the lrefect of police has at his disjosition no ordinance which will permit him to allow them. The refiners will be obliged to suffer the loss and inconveniences till , the Council makes some rule on the subject. . . Profit of Sheep Raining. Minnesota Farmer. : Four years ago Mr. Fleet bought ten head of sheep, says the' Mankato Review, for which he paid ?4 each, or $40 for the lot. Tlie first year the yoo crop sold for $18; the second, $33: the third, $sC,.or a total of $142. He has killed six head, which have netted him more than the original outlay, and still has fifty head of old sheep and thirty young ones, from which he estimates that he will shear at leastf 100 worth of wool. This will give $300 for wool in the four years, and his flock is worth $200 more. Of course their keeping has been a source of expense, but the benefits of a flock of sheep in Keeping down weeds and brush on a farm almost compensate for their care. A farmer of exjierience in wool-growing has well said that there is more money in growing wool at twenty cents a pound than to loan your money at 10 per cant, interest. ,.... Pinching Back Grape Tines. A correspondent asks if we would recommend pinching back grape vines and allowing them to grow rampant. If by "pinching back" he means to pinch off the ends of the tender vines, we say no. Our custom is to trlia our viae in early- spring, afur

danger , of freezing, is pasfc" being governed in the amount cut away by the growth made the last year. If tlie growth has been great, we cut "more; if weak, cnt lews, the aim being to check excessive tendency to wood

growth, and to divert to fruit growth. After all the bunches of grapes Lave set. suckers or young shoots of vinewillstartattbe union of the leaf with the cane or new growth. As soon as these shoots or suckers are two or three inches long, we break them off from the main, and thus throw the strength into the fruit and main canes rather than the suckers. This operation corresponds to that of rubbing off suckers or water-sprouts froni apple trees in the summer time. . It saves an immense amount ot labor and improves the crop, l here is no one thing on the garden border pays better than a well-cared for vine. After pruning in the spring there Is no cutting to be done until the spring .following.. Agricultural Notes. For chicken cholera it is recommended to boil one bushel of smartwecd in ten gallons of water down to three gallons, mix the decoction with the fowls' food twice a day for three days, then every other day for a week. "There Is more gold in farms than in mines. I lie yearly product of the farms of Iowa is more than all of the annual prodnct of the silver and gold mines of California, Nevada, Colorado. New Mexico and all the Territories of the United .States. A correspondent of the Examiner recom mends dusting tomato plants quite freely with wood ashes, "sowing it over the plants until they look quite gray," as a means of preventing the ravages of the tomato worm, or even of driving the iests away after they have begun operations. Cuttings of many plants root freclv in any moist substance, ana soft wooded plants of free growth, such as fuchsia, verbenas and lobelia, root quicklv in sawdust, wet sand, sand and water, if placed in a brisk temperaturc. Hose cuttings, as well as those of the oleander, will strike root freely in bottles of rain water. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer says that he has found by experience that six Cotswold sheep will not consume more food than a cow. and are more profitable. For a lamb of this breed, weighing 12.) pounds, $.".30 is obtained. He estimates tliat six ewes will pro luce eight lambs per annum and fifty jounds of wool. It is well-known that butter, cream, milk and flour ure peculiarly liable to absorb effluvia, and should, therefore, never be kept in moldy rooms or placed where there are sour liquids, "aromatic vegetables, such as onions,-cabbage and turnips; or smoked fish or bacon, or, indeed, any kind of food or thing of strong odor, lest they lose their flavor. An Irishman who had a pig in his possession was observed to adopt tlie constant practice of filling it to repletion one day ami starving it the next. On being asked his reason for doing so, he replied: "Oach. sure, and isn't it that I like to nave bacon with a strakc o' fat and a strak o' lane equally, one after t'other." Weeds on gravel walks may be destroyed and prevented from growing again by a copious dressing of the cheapest salt. This is a better method than hand-pulling, which disturbs the gravel and renders constant raking and rolling necessary. One application early in the season, and others as mav be nettled, while the weeds are" small, will keep the walks clean and bright It is of the very utmost importance that stock should have good, pure water, and plenty of it. The thirst of animals during the liot weather can readily be imagined from judging it by the human thirst; and to deprive the animal of a sufficient drink is about the worst species of cruelty that can be inflicted ujn the brute creation. Tlie agony of excessive thirst is simply terrib'.e. The raising of horses in the great Yellowstone Valley has become an important aid profitable business. Some of these herders have from 500 to 1,500 each, and dispose of their three-year colts at from $.50 to $.500 ptr head. Ihe animals feed on grass alone, and the only shelter afforded from the weathcris in roüghly-built sheds; still the animals thrive well," and are, as a rule, more valuable than those bred elsewhere. . Tlie wheat on President Hayes' farm, five miles north of Bismarck, would please His Excellency's eye. It is all for seed whtat. The gentleman in charge, Mr. Cushman, exects to get 4.000 bushels off 200 acres, and sell it for $1.25 per bushel. Gross receipts $.,0ot. This is only a starter. There w a fine field of oats fifty acres. There are tlie usual small fruits, chickens, etc. The Country Gentleman says: "From our own observation, and the reports in the papers and from correspondents, we judge that the apple crop through the country this season, as we have before stated, will be large, particularly at the West, but taken as a whole, not so abundant as some other full vears. the quantity being somewhat dimin ished in the Eastern States by the drought and other ' unfavorable causes, ihe pear crop will be moderate in some places, and small in most. The peach crop will be fair, not heavy. ! . The complaint still continues of the ravages of the cabbage-worm and a demand for a remedy for it. But we can tell the inquirer and all others what is a remedy for the cabbage-worm, which is within even one's reach, if it is properly applied. It is tö simply sprinkle over the parts of the '.cabbage-plant where the wjnn usually ojx rates a pinch of cayenne or red pepper. Nothing more nor less". Keep a few ounces on hand and use it when needed, but use it carefully so as to reach' the insect, and it will promptly dislodge it. Gcrmantown Telegraph. ; , An exchange says that the annual recurrence of numerous barn burnings immediately after harvest, and at the time when such disaster entails the greatest loss on the farmer, gives rise anew to the discussion of the various theories of "spontaneous combustion." It is very widely held among farmers, and just as earnestly denied bv many of them, that damp oats or hay will give Vise to a degree of heat that will cause a conflagration, and that a piece of iron or a steel fork left in the body of the grain will intensify the danger. It is a mooted question of great interest that can easily be settled by scientific investigation, and to which our agricultural societies should give their attention. The fanners want illumination on the subject of a different sort from tliat which is afforded by their blazing barns. , A corresiondent of the Ohio Farmer finds the common black ant an efficient protection against the plague of currant worms. He has several colonies of ants -close to his currant bushes, and enjoys an abundance of fruit, while his neighbors" bushes are overrun with worms. Formerly he took pains to destroy the ant colonies, but on witnessing their attacks upon the worms he has taken pains to protect and encourage them. Cattle in. New Castle Hui-.dred, Del., is taing affected bv an insect designated as the "Texas tick," which is besrinning to play sad havoc among them. The insect not only burrows in the hide of the animals, but penetrates their flesh, affecting them to such an extent that death soon ensues. Giles Lanibson recently lost three fine cattle by this pest, and one of his neighbors lost five, while others are suffering in the tame resiect. A writer in the Michigan Farmer says: "Rape, although little ued in America as food for stock, is unsurjiassed by any other food for the broduction of wool and mutton of high quality. It is admirably adapted for the recruiting of aged or sick sheep, and for the weaning of lambs; flush, on it for four weeks previous toetting the bucks to them, and I will guarantee you, with proper care at lambing time,' an increase of from 160 to 180 per cent." - - Leonidas was one of the original deadheads. He held the pasa at Thermopylae...;

A! RErrLICAN.WAIL.

A Serret .Cirrnlar, Iskied to Save the Thirteenth Confssion! District. Cashier Graves, of the First National Bank of Warsaw, Soliciting Fund for "MaJaU" Calkins, one of Tho "VVhw Wanted to Build Idiot Asylnm for Greenbarkers. . Tlie following circular conies to n for pub lication.' It explains itself. It is a sort of a wail which is getting to be very. common nowadays with Itenubliean txitriots. Thev see the writing on the wall, but can't hardly Dciieve Ii. iiere is inc circular: Confl.lentiaL . Rooms Co-oressioxal Coxmitt3c ") ' Thirtfj-.xth District, Warsaw, Ind., Augnst 12, lsft ) Pear Pir The great UMb-ennl&l rontvst for (litienl supremacy in the councils of the Nation s now fsirlr in nroffress. and every true Kennlilip. an ranst feci deeply interested in the triumph of eorrert principle. It nan len clearly di-aaon-strated by the experience of theiaxt twenty years that the tstllcy of the Republican pnrty is best calculated to secure the troperitv of the whole people of the United States, und at the name time maintain its present hinh character and credit atnistd. What that party has accomplished In this respect it is unneeeury to recapitulate. It is a matter of world-wide notoriety. It therefore bch-nvci every Republican having at heart the weii-Dcing oi tue .Nation at large, ana consequently desiring the suecess of his party in this treat contest, to make use of all lawful and honorable means to secure iu suecesN at the noils. - A powerful opposition istrty now seriously threhtens the continuation of Republican ilicf, encouraged by the aid of the solid outh and a few Northern states, which it has sometimes leen enabled to control. Opposition success can only be thwarted by earnest and persistent endeavor on the part of our friends. lvlitical information must 1 spread broadcast over the land: more especially in our own State of Indiana, the State now relied njon by the Democratic iwrty to turn the tide in its favor. Official documents and pamphlets, speeches on important public questions and able newspapers must te furnished free of charxe to all who will read them. This can not be done soon enough and to a sufficient extent without money. A small contribution from evenr man who is basking in the sunshine of official favor, will, when collected and concentrated, do much toward removing whatever of ignorance on great public questions may exist among us, and may seenre to the Republican cause the votes of many of the honest and well-meaning men of other parties. We confidently rely ujon your attachment to the cause to assist ns in this laudable erfort. A remittance of about J addressed to the undersigned will be used for the purpose nforesaid within the bounds of the Thirteenth Congressional District of Indiana a District so close (M)liticully) that it may le saved by this very means and a Representative in Congress secured to the administration of i"resident tiartleld. which is counted upon by the opposition with great confidence. A prompt response is solicited. lours. W. C. Graves, Chairman Republican Committee Thirteenth District of Indiana. To the Editor of the Sentinel: Sir, The foregoing circular speaks for itself. I purjosely leave tlie number of dollars assessed, as inserted in the original circular before me, blank.that it may not be traced to the party to whom sent and thus compromise him. Tlie Sentinel is selected as theorganof communication to the public, that the people of the whole State may know the vigorous efforts being made by the Republicans to carry the doubtful Districts of Indiana, and especially the Thirteenth. If any Democrat has been deluding himself with the idea that the battle in Indiana is to be won without the most vigorous work, the most thorough organization, he should Ik aroused from his delusion and made to see that the Republican party of this State have buckled on the whole armor and intend, if die they must, to "die game." The foregoing circular shows as much. Mr. Graves is the Cashier of the First National lank, "Warsaw. He naturally wants some roan in Congress to look after the special interests of banks and landholders, and is at work to elect Mr. Calkins, the Republican candidate. The truth is, "Ma jab ' Calkins is on bis last legs. He is one of those fellows who wanted to help Ben Harrison build an Idiot Asylum for the Greenbackers, and is now cryi"R out, "What shall I do to be saved" Mr. Graves, Chair man of the Congressional Committee, re sponds: Raise money, assess the postmasters, revenue officers, - get "a "small contribution from every man who is basking in the sunshine of official favor." and hence the circular. Voters of the Thirteenth District will see now. how Mr. Calkins hoies to "save his bacon." Money is to be brought into the District. These circulars are to be sent all over the country. Wherever Mr. Calkins can find a man "basking in the sunshine of official favor," Mr. Graves will be instructed to ask a contribution. How vast a sum of money in this way will be placed at the disjMKal of the Republican candidate for Congress in this District can not be foretold. Vhen procured, it will Im placed where it will do the most good. This shameless attempt of Major Calkins, through his Committee Chairman, to flood the District with money, is so corrupt in its effect and tendency that an honest and intelligent people should rebuke him in the severest manner St. Joseph. Thirteenth Congressional District, August 21, ls0. o A Question Readily Answered. A Republican organ asks: Will some Democratic editor please interview General Hancock and publish his opinions, if he has any? Yes, here are some of General Hancock's 1ublicly-proclaimed opinions, taken from lis noble letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President wluit does the Republican organ think of them? What has it to say against them? As one jeople we have common interests. Public office is a trust, not a bounty bestowed upon the holder. War for the Union was successfully closed more than fifteen years ago. The bayonet is not a fit instrument for collecting the votes of freemen. Neither fraud nor force must be allowed to subvert the rights of the people. Powers not delegated to -the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, belong to the States respectively or to the ieople. The General and State Governments, each acting in its own sphere without trenching upon the lawful jurisdiction of the other,, constitute the Union. No form of government, laowever carefully devised, no principles, however sound, will protect the rights of the ieople, unless the Administration is faithful and efficient. If called to the Presidency, I should deem it my duty to resist with all my jsjwer any attempt to impair or evade the full force and effect of the Constitution, which, in every article, section and . amendment, is the supreme law of tlie land. If elected, I shall, with the Divine favor, labor with what ability I possess to discharge my duties with fidelity, according to my convictions, and shall take care to protect and defend the Union, and to sec that the laws be faithfully and equally respected in all Jarts of the country alike. It Wan Not the Cat. Chicago Times. On Saturday afternoon a Teutonic farmer drove in from tlie country, stopmnl his load of vegetables before the door of the "Farmers' House." on Randolph street, and stepied inside for a schooner of refreshing laarer. During his absence from the wagon, a shaggy dog belonging to the proprietor of the house, that had been lazily snapping at bothersome flies while he lay upon the sidewalk, arose, shook himself, gave a scratch or two to his ear with a huge loot, and walked leisurely over to the wagon. He sniffed a moment about the wheels and ran his nose up and down the horses knees, and then, as his eye happened to discover a tuft of yellow hair between a couple of cabbages, he began to bark wildly ana jump about in a most inaane manner. Seeing that he had treed

something,-a crowd 5oon gathered and an attempt was made to aid Tige in his efforts fco get at the animal. When the vegetables were pulled aside a little vellow and black kitten, with its tail swe'lled with terror, leaped over the sideboard and scampered into the office of the hotel, hotly pursued by the now thoroughly aroused canine. The prospect of a novel fight had the effect of drawing every one into the office, where they watched the chase with interest. Suddenly, as the dog ran the kitten into the corner, there was a faint "swish!" which was immediately followed by a desperate rush for fresh air. Pell-mell, every man for himself, with fingers upon nostrils, the crowd quickly cvaiorated, leaving the proprietor swearing inside. "Gott in himinel! Owi O! Cheosus. vat a rammed stink? Get oud, Tige!" and he gave the shaking dog a kick that stove in all his ribs on one side, and sent him howling into the street. Meanwhile the "kitten" amused itself by making target of everything about it, sjTinkling the books, chairs, jvipers, nafe, and all with copious showers of an overpoweringlr odorous jerfnrae. After amusing itself in the office for rorne little time, it ran out of doors and down into a basement-way, where it remained, smiling at tle prostrated crowd that peerwl cautiously at it. A policeman's whistle, blown lustily, was the means of bringing Officer William Hoyd nm the scene. William, having once lived in the country, knows a skunk when he sees one. and the "minute he laid his eyes on the "cat" he knew what the trouble was and kept a far away ns possible. "Why don't you go right down id shoot it?" inquired a young fellow' who had just come np. "Oh, I don't care about it," rejdied the officer, "but if you want to try your marksmanship here's my 'gun,' go "and sfioot it." Swelling with iiiiiHjrtance the fresh young man took the proffered weapon and walked boldly down the stairway. He had gone alxmt half way when the little animal drew a bead on him, and he retired precipitously, covered with glory and fragrance. There being no way of getting the skunk out of his iosition the people gradually went away, and it soon sought a more pleasant place. The proprietor of the place loses the boot he kicked the dog with, a good deal of custom, and a quantity of books and the like. Some half a dozen are "out" asuitof clothes, and as many more are lying abed surrounded by disinfectants. And all for just one little skunk. GAItFIELIV! RECORD) IX CONGRESS.

Urging a Grant of Half a Million I nder Peculiar Circunifttanres. Correiondence of the New York Snn. W.vsniXGTO. August 23. James A. Garfield occupies a position iefore the public similar to that of a convicted thief on trial for a second offense. . The prosecutors have tlie right to show the previous bad conduct of the accused. He aiso has the privilege of offering extenuating circumstances in his own behalf if he can. The jury, which is the American people, will decide upon the weight of the evidence adduced. Mr. (Jarfield has a record. His public life is recorded in the printed volumes of Congress. Every word that he has uttered oil the floor of the House or before Investigating Committees, is published. He has certified the correctness of this record by allowing it to be approved each day without protest. Whatever exists in the Congressional Record concerning the Republican candidate for President is true. Its accuracy can not be questioned. His attempts to lervert the evidence taken in relation to the Credit Mobilier and De Golyer scandals are loth futile ami imbecile. The facts can not be changed as long as the Poland report and the testimony taken by the Glover Committee exist. I am inform ed that after Garfield had been cross-questioned, with results so fatal to his integrity and honor, by Colonel Nickerson, coneernins the bribe of So.000 to secure the adoption of the worthless De Gol yer iayemcnt, he asked permission to revise his testimony. The rennest was granted, and he changed certain ixrtions of his evidence in such a wav as to make a very different inv pression upon the reader than it did upon the Committee who listened to him. The Credit Mobilier and .the De Golver paving contracts were not the only jobs in which Garfield figured. While he generally covered his tracks with considerable skill, the fact that he seemed to be on inti mate terms with lobbyists nnd ?lbri aroused the suspicionsof honest men against him. Mr. Garfield's connection with Pacific Mail was very suspicious. He was Chair man of the Committee on Appropriations in 174. a jtosition which he occupied when his influence in behalf of the De Golyer pavement was purchased. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company had . obtained a conditional subsidy of half a million dollars. The New York Tribune, early in December, lSi 4, explained tlie situation in this language: A HALF MfttI0X"?TF.Ai: The first of the lobs makes it appearance nt the Capitol early, and, we regret to say, in one of General Garfield's surprisingly prompt appropriation bills. We beg the General to relieve himself nnd hu CommiUve from rropotisibilitv for it at once. Th I'acilie Mail waa iu the enjoyment of A subsidy of Söuu.uoO per annum. Mr. Stockwell, one of its numerous retiring Iresi.lents. succeeded in getting a law authorizing SoOO.OOO more, on condition that enough new tirst-class iron ttteHmers should be placed on the line to do the mail service by the 1st of October, lsTa. The Company failed to get them ou by that time, has not yet got them on, and has only two of them, the Tokio and City of Peking, even built. The Postmaster General reported this failure to Congress in December, IhIX Congress thereupon made no appropriation for the subsidy, and the bill itself only escaped defeat because of the view, generally expressed, that the Company's milure to comply with the terms made it null. Congress being out of the way. Attorney General Williams was appealed to for one of his opinions. He conveniently decided that the failure of a year or two, more or less, made no 'difference. "Postmaster General Jewell, new to the duties of his office, and easily Imposed on in matters of routine, has been induced to estimate for the extra ."i)ü.0Uü cnbsid y as if it hud been earned, and General Gartield has reported it to Congress in the postal appropriation bill. We call upon every friend of honesty in the public service to watch this iob, to resist it from the outset.- We are unwilling to believe that either Governor Jewell or Geueral Garfield could have been aware of its nature. But after this exposure there can be no decent pretext for continuing the claim. On the 11th of December, 1374, Garfield rose to a personal explanation in reply to this paragraph. It would have been a' very easy matter for the Chairman of tlie Committee to have said that the half million steal had not been i nserted i n the bi 1 1. He took good care not to do so, however, but in ambiguous language conveyed the impression to Lis associates that the bill containing the item. had not been prepared: I do not umtose that the editor of the Xew York Tribune desired to do an injustice either to the Committee on Appropriations or the Chairman of that Committor. It is clear that the editor was misled by some correspondent. ; . . " Of course I need not say in the hearing of the House one word upon this nubject. Every member of the House knows that the Committee on Appropriations has not yet reported the I'ostolfice Appropriation bill to the House, Especially is it. nurprlHing when that journal two day before published the titles of all the appropriation bills which have been reported at this session, and the Postoftice Appropriation bill was not of the number. I hare no doubt the editor of the Tribune will be glad to make the correction. But I mention this to hhow with what facility and on what grounds men in public life are charged with unworthy motive and dishonorable motives. Whether the bill had been completed or not at the time the Tribune correspondent learned that the job was to be foisted upon the House is immaterial. Tlie bill was ultimately reported, and in it was the appropriation of $000,000 for Pacific Mail. Garfield defended the job to the best of his ability, but the load was too heavy to be carried, and the House struck the item from the bill. The Senate, by an overwhelming majority, refused to restore it. . . , , Kot for Hancock. ' '.' 1 . New York Evening Express. . Longstreet says he will not go for Ifonock. He tried going for Hancock at Ccnitery Heights, but it was not a success.

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A Jrmocrntic Lady of Lognasport IIa av Few Words to Say to Mr. I. P. Ilaldwin, the Republican-Candidate Xor Atters ey General. (Logansport Pharos. "I can tell a Democratic woman bv her slovenly drew and unridy apiearance. ' D. fc bald win. Who ever heard before of nolitics bavinor anything to do with dress.cspccially woman's dress? Judge Ilaldwin savs he can always) tell .Democratic women . "by their slovenlydress and untidy apjiearance.". I lie Judge is prejudiced. He is a biased Republican, and n unprincipled one. Ho is beruming imbecile, as any one can nlainlr see by looking at liirn. I have made it somewnat of a study to read faces, and I long as set Judge Baldwin down as leing a little Inny," and now 1 feel oMtive that he is either in his Jotage or off his balance. IHjos Jnge Haldwm flunk W-canse that divorce c' in whnh le rumn-d so conspicu ously, wherein bp demanded $0 for a decree of divorce, $30 thsrt should le iiid him before he would consent that justice be done and the Evorce granted doe Ik. I say, in tend to avenge himself on Democratic woman kin 1 because that Democratic ladv saw tit to expose his HiaritaUeness, (for it wa.s ery maniauic lon grant tlio oor woman a divorce 'till lie girt the $V.) Hasj his Judgeship's hate for DcoTatic women sprung from that recollftlion? I know that Itepubhcai women are as likelv to lx slovenly an Democratic wrien. and I knowmany that are far more- sloven than anv of the Dcinocraticladies my acquaintance, and I deny that politics lew anything to do witn woman s dress. I know also that if Jodiw Tiahhvin will hut look !ck a few years he will remember when some Republican wmnen were verv glad to get a few of those DeiioTutic ladies dresses to make, and that the verv women were near and dear to his Judgeship, who now, that he ha attained a few thousand dollars, strives to show his abhorraiiee of the poor, lcs, for the Democratic party is: made nj mostly of the laboring class, who are poor, and Iveing poor, is a great sin in this Judge's eyes he who has robbed the widow and the orphan that he might not be loor himself. And yet he is jHXircr than any man I know of, for he has sold his soul for the gain of a few paltry dollars. His honor he sold to .Satan to get that which he will never attain the name of being sonielody. With all his wealth he is nolssly, and will live and die as such, condemned by his fellow-man. He thought to beeome noted, aye, yes, famous, by taking to task Colonel "Bob Ingersoll, and was rejid by that infidel's scorn. Yes, scorn. Ingersoll read Ilaldwin to be just wliat he is, a mean, wlfish egotist, one who was anxious to have himself noticed; a man without principle, without heart, who set himself up to preach religion but whose tongue and pen gave evidence of no religion in the heart. Having failed, ignobly failed, in this scheme, he then tried his hand on our most worthy and honored Judge Horace P. Biddie, the mot honored man of the State, and one who is loved and respected by all who know him. But why has Baldwin shown stich dislike to this great and god man? "Politics," dear reader; yes politics. It has crazed him until he has even taken us ioor women to task. (I mean Democratic women.) He has even stooped so low as to meddle with our dres tins man who is always meddling with somebody else's business. And are we going to tamely submit to this? No. Though we women may not vote we still have an influence which every wise man tries to gain, and Baldwin had better leave his neighbors alone, for while he is looking for the mote in his wdsters' eyes, he sees not the beam in his own. A man who respects women but for her dres is not worthy of the name of man. 'Tis just such principled men tliat drive many larty) to destruction. If a woman he. well dressed, no matter how vile she may be, such men as Baldwin resjiect them, while a poorlydressed woman, who may be the very soul of honor, will be pushed aside rudely, to allow those who may be well dressed "to pass, no no matter whether they nrp worthy or not. or how they fret their fine clothes. Such men as you, Mr. Baldwin, respect them, but we do not care what you or your kind think, about our dresa. But all women who ga poorly clad are not Democrats, and Judje Baldwin should have saved his shafts ofridieule. The Democratic party has the working class on its side, and we are right glad of it. The laboring people are the bulwark of the Democratic party, nnd their votes in October and November will plainly show it. And, Judge Baldwin, we would adtongue in something more profitable than ridiculing the dress of Democratic women. 'Tis not our dress that we would have men admire us for, bnt for our good behavior, and the many noble qualities that we as good women possess, and Judge Baldwin should respect women for the sake of one whom he called mother. And any man who resect aivd truly loves his own mother willjnot ridicule any other of her sex. And now Jndge Baldwin turn your thoughts and your strictures to something else, to well, anything, but in your canvass 'for Garfield and glory do let us women alone. I remain, respectfully, ' ' A Df.mocb.vtic Woman. Jefferson a Poor Stick. ,. ' Vew York Sun. General Giufiekl doesn't think much of Thomas Jefferson. 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